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Offline Daryl

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Pure Lead 7.27 pounds of it.
« on: April 04, 2021, 11:37:29 PM »
Just finished casting up 106 balls for the .69.
It works out to 7.27 pounds of lead.
There are a few(2 or 3) with wrinkles, on the bottom of the box- right hand side of the picture.

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Offline Daryl

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Re: Pure Lead 7.27 pounds of it.
« Reply #1 on: April 04, 2021, 11:41:10 PM »
Yesterday, I cast up .36's and .50's.


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Offline Tilefish

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Re: Pure Lead 7.27 pounds of it.
« Reply #2 on: April 04, 2021, 11:44:44 PM »
Them's purdy and shiny ;)
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Re: Pure Lead 7.27 pounds of it.
« Reply #3 on: April 05, 2021, 02:07:41 AM »



Daryl.....don’t your eyes get red just looking at that ingot of lead....Lol
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Offline bob in the woods

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Re: Pure Lead 7.27 pounds of it.
« Reply #4 on: April 05, 2021, 06:45:39 AM »
Awesome !   Better than $ these days  :)    You don't get many .735 balls from a pound , so I usually shoot targets with my 20 bore. Back a few years when I did more competitive shooting, I had a Chambers Pennsylvania fowler in 28 bore/ .54 smooth.  It shot amazingly well.  In a moment of weakness, I sold it to a friend  ::)
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Offline Don Steele

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Re: Pure Lead 7.27 pounds of it.
« Reply #5 on: April 05, 2021, 12:51:16 PM »
I've been running 50's the last couple of days. Down here..( Florida)...temperatures have cascaded down into the 60's-low 70's  ::). It's time to fire up the pot and cast without sweating..!!  ;)
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Re: Pure Lead 7.27 pounds of it.
« Reply #6 on: April 05, 2021, 02:18:13 PM »
 Pretty cool, shooting it is more fun but I always enjoy casting, even sinkers.

   Tim
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Offline Bob Roller

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Re: Pure Lead 7.27 pounds of it.
« Reply #7 on: April 05, 2021, 03:37:04 PM »
How much is a pound of lead worth today in the USA and Canada?
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Offline snapper

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Re: Pure Lead 7.27 pounds of it.
« Reply #8 on: April 05, 2021, 03:47:47 PM »
Bob

At my local scrap dealer I pay $1.00 for pure lead.

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Offline moleeyes36

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Re: Pure Lead 7.27 pounds of it.
« Reply #9 on: April 05, 2021, 04:16:03 PM »
Quote from: snapper on April 05, 2021, 03:47:47 PM
Bob

At my local scrap dealer I pay $1.00 for pure lead.

Fleener


Lead is getting expensive and harder to find good quality stuff, at least in this area.  About 8 or 10 years ago two of my friends and I found 1,600 pounds of unused roof flashing for 50 cents a pound.  We divided it up and I still have a couple of hundred pounds of it left.  Shooting mostly smaller caliber rifles, it should last a long time yet (probably longer than I will).  Now if powder was only easier to find and not going up in price so fast, things would be even better.

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Offline Daryl

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Re: Pure Lead 7.27 pounds of it.
« Reply #10 on: April 05, 2021, 05:54:24 PM »
The last X-ray lead Taylor and I bought, was 50 cents per pound.
Nice block of lead, Nessmuck.
I'm down to a couple hundred pounds, now, maybe 250.
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Offline bob in the woods

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Re: Pure Lead 7.27 pounds of it.
« Reply #11 on: April 05, 2021, 08:11:08 PM »
Back when I was a serious long range BP shooter [ 1000 yards ]  I'd fire 100 rounds on a weekend .
Sometimes more than that.  At 550 gr per bullet, that adds up !     I still have about 200 + punds of pure lead left and about the same in non-pure.  That should last me for the stuff I'm doing now.
I just cast 100   .395 balls .  Hardly made a dent in the supply
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Offline J Henry

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Re: Pure Lead 7.27 pounds of it.
« Reply #12 on: April 05, 2021, 09:07:06 PM »
  nessmuck  I have a block of lead just like that 98 lbs, mine reads Bunker
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Offline Nessmuck

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Re: Pure Lead 7.27 pounds of it.
« Reply #13 on: April 06, 2021, 02:52:05 AM »
Quote from: J Henry on April 05, 2021, 09:07:06 PM
  nessmuck  I have a block of lead just like that 98 lbs, mine reads Bunker

My Dad got me 3 of those off a Destroyer he was working on while in the dry dock, 30 years ago. Got 1 left....yup 100 lbs....plus I acquired some lead ,that was used as weight in some medical carts....for free !
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Re: Pure Lead 7.27 pounds of it.
« Reply #14 on: April 06, 2021, 09:16:39 PM »
That's the good thing about the .36 and .32. is you get around 106 (.36) balls & 152 (.32) balls from a pound of lead.
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Offline Keith Zimmerman

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Re: Pure Lead 7.27 pounds of it.
« Reply #15 on: April 07, 2021, 03:15:23 AM »
Ive been making up .353s and .390s
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